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E. CLARK. Domestic Boiler.

Patented July 26 wan r N-FETEHS, PHOWUTHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D. C.

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Ell [MA oL'ARKQO BUFFALO, NEW" YORK.

Letters Patent No. 105,779, dated July 26,'1870..

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The Schedule rcfetred'to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame I, EMMA Qu tin-or Ira Clark, of the city of ,Bnffalo, in the conntyof Erie and State, of New York, have inventeda certain Improved InnerVessel for a Kettles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

v My invention relates to certain improvements in the method'ofconstructing vessels, designed to fittinside of kettles, forholdingvegetables and other articles while cookingwhereby such articlescan be removed en masse from. the kettle, by lifting out the innervessel, which, beingfperfbr'ated at the bottom,

permits the water to drain through, leaving the con-' tents dry andunbroken in said vessel. Y

1 The-invention consists in thecombination and arrangement, with theperforated bottom of such inner vessel, of an adjustable and removabledisk or bot tom, perforated to correspond therewith, so" that, byadjnsting the same after the water has drained ofl',

theperfbrationscan be closed, so as to adapt the vesvegetables therein.Irrt'hc accompanying1drawing- Figure I is a verticalsection of myimproved vessel, arrangedin a kettle.

Figure i1 is'a fragmentary view,sliowing the slot sel to be used forwashing, or otherwise preparing the and pin, from the ontsidabywhich thefdoubl'e bottom isadjusted. l H

Like letters of reference designate like parts in each of the figures.v

A is the kettle, of anyjordinary construction.

B, my improved inner vessel fitting therein, leaving a narrow spacebetween them, for the circulation of the water. a a i b is the verticalflange around the bottom, on which the vessel rests. a j c are notchesor perforations in this flange, for the passage of the water to and fromthe bottom of the vessel, which is perforated, asshown at c.,

l aDistheremovable.bottom, constrnctedto iii; in-

side of the vessel and conform with the bottom therebottom D, through aslot, 0, in the side'of the vessel B, near its bottom.

H H represent two perforated diaphragms, resting on ledges h, forseparating one kind of vegetableor article from another, when required;and

I is an ordinary bail, by which the vessel-is handled.

The manner of using my improved vessel is simple and easy. TheVegetables or other articles to be cooked are placed in it, and thebottoms adj usted so thatthe perforations therein will coincide, whenthe whole, in'this position, is placedin the kettle; or the vessel isfirst inserted and the articles afterward put therein. h v

Thus arranged, the water has a free circulation, as before described,around and through the inner vessel, while the flange'b keeps its bottomfrom contact with the bottom of thepot. 'When its contents aresuffioiently cooked, or it is desired to examinethe same, the vessel israised out of the water, and held till the water drains therefrom. i Theperibrationsare then closed by sliding the. pin din the slot 0 by meansof a knife or other convenient article.

' ,For cleaning the vessel, the bottom D is readily removed therefrom bysimply inverting the former, s

The combination and arrangement, with the perfo- 1 rated bottom ofvessel B, perforated flange b, and slot 0, of the perforated removablebottom I) and pro jecting pin d, all constructed and operatingashereinheibre set forth.

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